An action-packed, race-against-time thriller from global sensation Wilbur Smith.
‘A master storyteller’ –
Sunday Times
‘Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared’ –
The Times
‘No one does adventure quite like Smith’ –
Daily Mirror
His toughest challenge. His final hope.
Once the envied and admired chairman of one of the world’s most successful shipping consortiums, Nick Berg now finds himself completely alone. His long-time nemesis, Duncan Alexander, has schemed to take his job, alienated him from his wife and son, and stolen his fortune.
Nick’s only hope now is the
Warlock, a top-of-the-range salvage boat that will be his final gamble. When an SOS call comes in Nick finds himself in a race against time – one of his former company’s Antarctic cruisers is stranded, sinking in frozen wastelands in a terrible storm.
But this is no accident, and as Nick fights to save the lives of the six hundred people on board he has no idea that they are pawns in a game concocted by Duncan Alexander. And it’s not just Nick he wants to ruin – the future of his former company and even the ocean itself is under threat. As the storm sweeps in, can Nick save them all before it’s too late?
About the author
Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has since published over fifty global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. An international phenomenon, his readership built up over fifty-five years of writing, establishing him as one of the most successful and impressive brand authors in the world.The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur’s passion for empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre. The foundation’s flagship programme is the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.Wilbur Smith passed away peacefully at home in 2021 with his wife, Niso, by his side, leaving behind him a rich treasure trove of novels and stories that will delight readers for years to come. For all the latest information on Wilbur Smith’s writing visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com or facebook.com/Wilbur Smith